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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1982, copies
Date: 1982
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1982
AT HOME: 1/1-1/31 1/1-4 REST OF MORRIS VISIT
86TH BIRTHDAY: 1/22 1/8 VETERAN’S COUNCIL MTG 1/21 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON
JAN
1/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US ALL DAY - MOE IS STILL WITH US. GLEN HAMLYN CAME BY FOR MOE ABOUT 6:00 PM. THEY WERE GOING OUT FOR SUPPER. WE HAD OUR SUPPER ABOUT 5:00 PM. MOE AND I PUT OUR 1982 STICKER ON OUR LICENSE PLATE. MOE READ FROM LOUIS LAMOUR. I LOOKED UP DATA ON THE “KING JAMES VERSION”
1/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE AND MOE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE MORNING. DAVID BRAUDAWAY AND HIS SON BRIAN CAME IN AT 8:30 AM. CAROL FIXED THEM A BREAKFAST. THEY LEFT AT ABOUT 11:00 AM AFTER BRINGING A NEW SUPPLY OF JOKES. THEY ARE RETURNING TO
ALBUQUERQUE. MARJORIE BROUGHT ARBY’S FOR THE NOON MEAL. IN THE EVENING, SHE AND MOE WENT TO A SHOW. THEY RETURNED ABOUT 10:00 PM. MARJORIE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. 1/3 MOE AND I WENT TO THE CAMERON METHODIST CHURCH TO HEAR REV. HAMLYN’S SERMON. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. MANY PICTURES WERE TAKEB BY MARJORIE AND MOE.
1/4 MARJORIE TOOK MOE (ROBERT MORRIS GLOVER TO THE AIRPORT TO IN THE MORNING BEFORE GOING TO WORK. SHE CALLED TO SAY SHE GOT HIM TO THE AIRPORT, BUT DID NOT STAY TO SEE HIM LEAVE. CAROL DID THE WASH. CALL CAME ABOUT 6:00 PM FROM MOE. HE WAS SAFELY HOME. CALL CAME FROM JO RIGHT AFTER MOE’S CALL, TO SAY SHE AND TOM ARE BACK IN EL PASO. I WORKED ON CATCHING UP WITH CORRESPONDENCE. CAROL WROTE THANK-YOU LETTERS. I WROTE ONE TO MR SHRIVER. I MAILED THEM. WARM, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. I TALKED TO JOHN ROMERO ON THE PHONE.
1/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND DID THE IRONING IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL [UNCLEAR] BUTTONS ON 2 NEW-FANGLED TOWELS FOR MARJORIE, IT WAS A SUNNY DAY, WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. I TALKED WITH JOHN ROMERO ABOUT DENVER BASIN DATA I TALKED WITH JOHN ROMERO ABOUT DENVER BASIN DATA AND REMADE SOME COMPUTATIONS.
1/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SNOWED LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. I SHOVELLED OUR WALKS AND COCAGNE’S I THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON, I SHOVELLED OUR WALK AGAIN. I SHOVELLED THE BACK WALK IN THE MORNING AND PUT SEED IN THE BIRD FEEDER. CAROL SEWED A BUTTON ON ANOTHER NEW TYPE TOWEL FOR MARJORIE. I TRIED TO FIND A LOCK NUT FOR THE LAMP CHASE GAVE US THAT HE MADE AT SCHOOL. FINALLY, I MADE A WOOD TUBE THAT SEEMS TO WORK. CAROL MADE A CALL TO MOE.
1/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL PUT FRESH SHEETS ON THE BED IN THE BACK BEDROOM AND PRESSED 2 OF MY NEW SHIRTS. CAROL STRAIGHTENED OUT OUR
CHECKBOOKS AND MADE OUT CHECKS TO AARP AND NARFE (2 CHECKS TO EACH-ONE PAYMENT HAVING BEEN MISSED DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON). KEN SHRIVER CALLED. I MADE A CALL TO ROBESON OF THE USGS. A CALL CAME FROM DICK MCRAVEY (CWC). WE TALKED ABOUT
GROUNDWATER. I MAILED LETTERS TO KATHY AND TO KERRY. I CALLED DENVER STREET MAINTENANCE DIC. TO REPORT A STOP SIGN KNOCKED DOWN AT JEWELL AND BROADWAY. I REPLACED THE POWER CORD PLUG-ON CHASE’S LAMP WITH A TWO PRONG PLUG.
1/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK ME TO THE VETERAN’S COUNCIL MEETING AT THE MURPHY=BORELLI POST AT 900 E 11TH ST IN THE EVENING, WAITED FOR ME UNTIL THE MEETING WAS OVER AND BROUGHT ME HOME AT 8:45 PM. THE “GARBOLOGISTS” PICKED UP OUR TRASH, WE PUT THE NEW ELECTRIC BLANKET ON OUR BED THAT MARJORIE AND THE GREEN’S GAVE US. CAROL FIXED POPCORN AND BAKED 2 PIES AND A CAKE. ROSS DARR CALLED.
1982 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/9 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 11:00
AM-MARJORIE ABOUT 11:30 AND BROUGHT ARBY’S. CHARLES HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY. WE SAND “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO HIM. MARJORIE, CAROL AND I GAVE HIM 2 SWEATERS. CAROL AND I GAVE HIM A CHECK TO GO TOWARD A NEW RIFLE HE WANTS. CAROL FIXED HIM AN ICE-BOX CAKE AND PUT A CANDLE IN THE MIDDLE, WARM, SUNNY DAY - WE COULD SEE THE MOUNTAINS. CHARLES AND GINGER WENT OUT TO DO SHOPPING/ CHASE AND MARGO STAYED WITH US. THEY CAME BACK FOR THE CHILDREN AND LEFT ABOUT 4:30 PM. SOMEONE HIT OUT THEMOPANE “WINDOW WITH A SNOWBALL ABOUT 9:00 PM 1/10 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALL ALONE THIS SUNDAY, CHASE CALLED AT 10:00 AM TO SAY THAT WRESTLING WAS ON STA 2-TV. I WATCHED THE BOUTS. CAROL AND I LOOKED AT PICTURES OF TRUDY’S WEDDING. I FILLED THE BIRD FEEDER. SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY.
1/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. ABOUT THIS DATE MARJORIE TOOK THE GIFT WATCH, WHICH WOULD NOT RUN, TO WARD’S AND EXCHANGED IT FOR A WATCH THAT WOULD OPERATE.
1/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SNOW LAST NIGHT, ABOUT 3 INCHES. I SHOVELLED WALKS (FORE AND AFT) CAROL DID MENDING FOR MARJORIE AND TYPED A LETTER TO DENNIS MONTGOMERY FOR ME. IT WAS PICKED UP BY THE MAIL-LADY. I READ THE AUDUBON MAGAZINE.
1/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID IRONING AND MENDING. I WORKED ON A LETTER TO DR FEAD. JOHN PATTERSON CALLED TO SAY THAT ONE OF HIS MEN, DOUG CLEMENTS, WOULD BE OVER TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT DETERMINATION OF AQUIFER CONSTANTS FROM FIELD TESTS. CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS.
1/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. AFTER BREAKFAST CAROL AND I PUT UP THE BED IN MY STUDY ROOM TO GET READY FOR THE VISIT OF CLEMENTS. DOUGLAS H CLEMENTS AND STEVEN G LOWRY OF JW PATTERSON AND ASSOCIATES CAME AT 10:00 AM TO TALK ABOUT DETERMINATION OF AQUIFER CONSTANTS. THEY WERE HERE ABOUT AN HOUR. WE DEVISED SOME METHODS WE HOPE WILL WORK. (I TOLD THEM, FOR 1 HOUR, TO FORGET ANY CHARGES). I WROTE A LATTER TO FEAD AT CSU, CAROL TYPED IT AND I MAILED IT.
1/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I TOOK THE TRASH OUT BUT FOUND THE “GARBOLOGISTS” HAD ALREADY BEEN BY. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO JO AND KATHY/ I WROTE A “THANK-YOU” LETTER TO ROBSON OF THE USGS FOR THE DENVER BASIN DATA HE SENT ME. CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP THE LINEN CLOSET. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL GOT A BOOK FROM RUTH. IT CAME IN THE MAIL. I STARTED SOME MORE WORK ON THE PROBLEM OF CLEMENTS AND LOWRY. SNOW BEGINNING ABOUT DARK. MARJORIE TALKED ON THE PHONE TO GINGER WHO TOLD HER THEY WOULD NOT BE ON SUNDAY.
1/16 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. SUNNY DAY. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND COOKED MEALS. I REPLACED LIGHTS AND PREPARED DATA ON GROUNDWATER TO GO IN MY RECORDS. LETTER CAME FROM TRACY.
1/17 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE THIS SUNDAY. CAROL BAKED A CAKE AND MADE “APPLE STRUDEL”, I WROTE A LETTER TO TRACY. WARM, SUNNY DAY. I TOOK A WALK TO THE TWO ENDS OF THE WALK AND BACK. 60 [degrees Fahrenheit] TODAY. TELEPHONE CALL-CALLER HUNG UP.
1/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH-PART IN THE MORNING, PART IN THE AFTERNOON. I FILLED THE BIRD FEEDER AND PUTTERED AROUND. DID SOME READING. READ SHIVER’S DECISION. WARM, SUNNY DAY. SENT A LETTER TO TRACY.
1982 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON, SHE BROUGHT CAROL’S PRESCRIPTION FROM MORGAN’S PHARMACY. WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER, SHE BROUGHT MY PRESCRIPTION FROM MORGAN’S AND SOME GROCERIES. CAROL PAID THE WATER BILL AND SENT ONEY TO THE DISABLED VETERANS. I SORTED OUT THE COMPUTATIONS MADE ON THE STREAM PROFILE PROBLEM. SUNNY DAY WITH SOME THIN CLOUDS.
1/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT US ANOTHER SACK OF GROCERIES TODAY. SUNNY TODAY WITH LIGHT OVERCAST. CAROL WROTE TO JO, VIRGINIA AND MOE AND RUTH, ALSO A CHECK TO THE TELEPHONE CO. I MAILED THE LETTERS. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WALKED TO PEARL ST FOR HAIRCUT
1/21 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY/ SHE CALLED AT 6:00 AM TO SAY THAT HER CAR
THERMOSTAT WAS NOT WORKING AND SO SHE WAS TAKING IT TO THE SHOP. SHE CALLED LATR TO SAY THAT THE TROUBLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. INK CLAIR CRAWFORD CALLED TO INVITE ME TO GO TO THE BUREAU RETIREES LUNCHEON. I ACCEPTED. I PICKED UP THE TAB FOR BOTH OF US. HE BROUGHT ME BACK ABOUT 2:00 PM. CAROL FIXED HER RECORD BOOK. SUNNY DAY, WITH A LIGHT OVERCAST. WE GOT ANOTHER CALL WHERE THE CALLER HUNG UP.
1/22 MY 86TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. CHARLES AND FAMILY SANG TO ME. MARJORIE AND CAROL HAD A SWEATER AND A BOOK FOR ME. CARDS FROM MARH, GAITHER’S, CAROL AND MOE, (MOE HAS
ORDERED CHOPIN - ‘31) MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE AND CAROL FIXED A CANDLE ON A CAKE FOR ME AT SUPPER TIME. LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT. I CLEANED THE WALKS-FRONT AND BACK. LITTLE MORE SNOW THIS MORNING, IT DID NOT STAY ON. DR RONALD RYDER CAME WITH A BIRD BOOK TO BE REBOUND. I SEWED IT. CAROL WROTE A CHECK FOR THE GAS AND LIGHT BILL. IT HAS NOT BEEN SENT YET. CAROL FIXED A STEW FOR SUPPER! TWO BROWN CREEPERS SEEN BY GUY, CAROL AND ME. HEARD A BLUEJAY. CALL TO CHARLES, THEY WILL BE NI SUNDAY.
1/23 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE ALL DAY (SATURDAY). CAROL MADE POTATO SALAD AND BAKED A PIE. POSTMAN TOOK THE CHECK TO PUBLIC SERVICE. LIGHT CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. I FILLED THE BIRD FEEDER AND ADJUSTED THE QUARTS CRYSTAL PEN TO GIVE THE RIGHT DATE. READ ABOUT SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY.
1/24 CAROL SPENT THE MORNING COOKIES. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM. WE SAT DOWN TO THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL ABOUT NOON. MARJORIE WAS WORKING AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET HERE BEFORE 12:30 PM. MARGO PLAYED THE PIANO WHILE THE REST SAND “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO ME (BELATED) CHARLES AND FAMILY ME SOME BIRDSEED AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. CHARLES BROUGHT HIS NEW RIGLE FOR US TO ADMIRE. HE LEFT A CATALOG ON TELESCOPE SIGHTS HERE. SUN SHOWN IN THE AFTERNOON. SAW AND HEARD A BLUE JAY
1/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALL DAY. CAROL MAY GO TO THE HAIRDRESSER TOMORROW. SHE DID THE IRONING AND TYPED A FORM LETTER TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR ME. I MAILED THE LETTER AND WENT ON TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET A CHEESEBURGER SANDWICH FOR CAROL’S NOON MEAL. I SPENT TIME IN THE MORNING
CHANGING THE TIME AND DATE ON THE NEW CLOCK PEN (FROM MARJORIE) - IT NOW GIVES THE TIME AND DATE. BEAUTIFUL, WARM SUNNY DAY.
1/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND PUT IT ON THE BOX FOR THE POSTMAN TO PICK UP. SHE DID HOUSEWORK AND COOKED MEALS. I SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY PROGRAMMING THE TI-59 FOR CHECKS OF THE RIVER CROSS-SECTION PROFILES COMPUTATION. SUNNY DAY, SOME WIND. CORRECTED AN ERROR ON CLOCK PEN SETTINGS.
1982 JAN (CONCLUDED)
1/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND COOKED MEALS AND STRAIGHTENED UP ONE OF THE KITCHEN CUPBOARDS. I PUT OUT MORE FEED FOR THE BIRDS. A LETTER WITH THE MAPS OF USGS REPORT HA-650 CAME FROM ROBSON TODAY (DENVER BASIN DATA). I WROTE A LETTER OF THANKS AND WALKED IT OVER TO THE MAILBOX. I SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY PROGRAMMING THE TI-59 TO MAKE CHECK COMPUTATIONS FOR THE RIVER CROSS-SECTION PROFILES. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
1/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SUPPER. HER CAR NEEDED REPAIRS SO SHE TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS IN THE MORNING ON HER WAY TO WORK. SHE CAME HERE AT NOON ON THE BUS AND BORROWED OUR CAR. I REPLENISHED THE BIRD FEEDER, THE TRASH MEN CAME TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT I WAS TOLD THEY CAME ON FRIDAY!
1/29 SNOW LAST NIGHT AND UNTIL ABOUT 7:00 THIS MORNING. I SHOVELLED OUR WALKS AND COCAGNES FRONT WALKS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE HAS
BORROWED OUR CAR WHILE HERS IS BEING REPAIRED. SHE BROUGHT IT BACK TODAY. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES FOR US AND BROUGHT THEM IN WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. JIM HYRE CAME IN THE AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT SOME GROUNDWATER FLOW COMPUTATIONS. I WORKED ON SOME PROGRAMMING FOR THE VALLEY PROFILE CASES. OVERCAST DAY.
1/30 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. WARM, SUNNY DAY. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM AND COOKED A POT OF HAM HOCKS AND CABBAGE. I WORKED ON PROGRAMMING THE TI-59 FOR THE CROSS=STREAM PROFILE COMPUTATIONS
1/31 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE. CHARLES AND FAMILY DID NOT COME IN THIS SUNDAY. 1982
AT HOME: 2/1-28 2/10 VWWI MEETING
FEB
2/1 SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. I SHOVELLED OUR WALKS FRONT AND BACK. CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE IRONED IN THE EVENING. I WORKED WITH THE TI-59 ON THE CROSS-PROFILE CHECKS.
2/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND THE OTHER HOUSEWORK. LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS, FRONT AND BACK. I WORKED ON THE CROSS-PROFILE CHECKS. CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS. SUN CAME OUT IN THE AFTERNOON TO MELT OFF SNOW FROM STREETS AND WALKS.
2/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL BAKED A PIE AND A CAKE. SNOW LAST NIGHT. I SWEPT THE FRONT WALKS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM TOGETHER. ONE TO SENATOR JESSE HELMS ABOUT THE “MINING SUPREMACY” BILL, ALSO SENT A LETTER TO “LARK BUNTING” EDITOR, JUDY WARD, ABOUT BROWN CREEPERS AND BLUE JAYS. PINK SIDED JUNCOS AND HOUSE FINCHES AT THE FEEDER TODAY. I WORKED WITH THE TI-59 ON PROFILE CHECKS. FINISHED THE DATA FOR COMPUTATION CHECKS
2/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. I SWEPT THE WALKS FRONT AND BACK. PUT MILLET IN THE BIRD FEEDER AND SOME KIDNEY FAT ON THE WINDOW SILL. SAW OREOGN JUNCOS, PINK SIDED JUNCOS AND HOUSE FINCHES AT THE FEEDER. I SWEPT THE WALKS AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. I TOOK LETTERS TO NARFE AND AARP TO THE MAILBOX. PAPER SAYS 8 [degrees] BELOW ZERO LAST NIGHT. NO WORK ON THE TECHNICAL PAPER TODAY. I WROTE LETTERS TO JEAN AND KIRK.
2/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES AND SOME HERB TEA. EVELYN CAME FOR CAROL, FIXED HER HAIR AND BROUGHT HER BACK. COLD LAST NIGHT. 15 [degrees] BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AT 7:00 AM. SUN CAME UP IN A CLEAR SKY. GOT UP TO 18 [degrees Fahrenheit] THIS AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON SOME PROGRAMMING IN THE AFTERNOON. I MAILED LETTERS TO JEAN, KIRK AND KERRY IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL ANSWERED THE PHONE, SOMEONE HUNG UP. 2/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT “ARBY’S” TO EAT. SUNNY DAY. TEMPERATURES CLIMBED BACK SOMEWHAT FROM THE RECENT LOWS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I WORKED ON PROGRAMMING FOR THE CHECK I AM TRYING TO MAKE.
2/7 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME IN ABOUT 11:30 AM. MARJORIE ARRIVED SHORTLY BEFORE, FOR OUR SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. I FILLED THE BIRD FEEDER.
2/8 CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. DAVID BRAUDAWAY (NEPHEW) CALLED ABOUT 5:00 PM AND CAROL INVITED HIM OUT FOR SUPPER. HE WAS WITH US UNTIL 10:00 PM. WE HAD A GOOD VISIT. CR DAWN CALLED FROM BOULDER IN THE MORNING TO TALK ABOUT AN ARTICLE IN THE AMERICAN SCIENTIST. SUN CAME OUT IN PM FOR A SHORT TIME.
2/9 MARJORIE CAME BY ON THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND MENDED MY RED SWEATER, ALSO, SHE PREPARED MEALS. I CALLED DICK DAUM, HIS WIFE IS BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER HAVING AN OPERATION FOR GALLSTONES. I MADE A CALL TO GARY FRIEHAUF. SOME WORK IS GOING AHEAD ONTHE NARROWS SITE. I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE FEDERAL CENTER MEETING AND THE
GROUNDWATER ASSN. MEETING AT COORS. CLEAR IN AM, PM CLOUDINESS. MOE CALLED. 1982
FEB (CONTINUED)
2/10 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY - SHE WAS UNDER THE WEATHER, CAROL FIXED ME A LUNCH AND I WENT TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. EIGHT MEMBERS WERE PRESENT. WESSENAAR CALLED TO SAY HE HAD CAR TROUBLE. HE WAS NOT WITH US. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND ORDERED SOME SOX FOR ME. RUTH WELDON CALLED FOR MARJORIE. SUNNY DAY. COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETING TODAY, I DID NOT ATTEND.
2/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE CAME BY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MORNING. HER BOSS HAD EXCUSED HER AS HEW SAW SHE WAS NOT GEELING WELL. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF CORRESPONDENCE. I TALKED TO RUSS DARR NO THE PHONE AND TO RICHARD PEARL ABOUT JOINING THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION. DARR WILL PICK ME UP FOR THE MEETING ON THE 17TH. LETTER CAME FROM WEAVER
2/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES AND STAYED FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I PUT OUT TRASH FOR THE “GARBOLOGISTS”. CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP THE BUDGET IN THE DINING ROOM. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I WORKED ON CORRESPONDENCE.
2/13 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE BROUGHT “ARBY’S” FOR SUPPER. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. WE MADE VALENTINES FOR MARJORIE AND FOR CHARLES AND FAMILY. SUNNY DAY. DON AND CLEO GISEBURT CAME IN THE EVENING TO GO TO MAMMOTH GARDENS TO ROLLER SKATE. I WORKED ON CORRESPONDENCE AND PUT SOME CLIPPINGS IN MY FILES.
2/14 MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 10:30 AM AND CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME ABOUT NOON. AL LATE THE SUNDA NOON MEAL HERE. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. CAROL HAD SPENT THE MORNING COOKING. I SHOWED CHARLES THE LETTER FROM THE WEAVER RIFLE SCOPE FIRM IN EL PASO, TEXAS. HE TOOK THE LETTER WITH HIM. CHASE BORROWED THE BOOK “UTAH BLAINE”. SUNNY DAY.
2/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. A PACKAGE CAME FROM MOE. IT CONTAINED AN ADAPTER FOR OUT RADIO SET AND CASSETTE WITH CHOPIN’S MUSIC AS PLAYED BY VAN CLIBURN ON IT. IT WAS A PRESENT FROM MOE AND MARJORIE. I THANKED MARJORIE AND CALLED MOE TO THANK HIM, ALSO. MARJORIE IRONED BEFORE SHE LEFT. GUY COCAGNE WAS OVER TO GET A CHECK FOR $4.57 TO GO TO A RESEARCH HOSPITAL. SUNNY DAY WITH A STRONG WIND.
2/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE CAME AGAIN AFTER WORK TO BRING CAROL SOME COFFEE. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND DID IRONING IN THE AFTERNOON. WE TOOK OUT PAPERS AND MAGAZINES TODAY AND SOMEONE PICKED THEM UP. HEIDI’S BROTHER WACKED TODAY. (NEIGHBORS ACROSS STREET). I WENT TO PEARL STREET TO GET A HAIRCUT, WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ADAPTER. I CALLED MOE AND HE TOLD ME WHAT TO DO. CAROL AND I GOT THE TAPE BACK INTO THE CASSETTE BUT THE ADAPTER UNIT DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK RIGHT. IT CHATTERS. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
2/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WROTE TO JO, I WROTE TO “NATURE CONSERVANCY” AND MAILED THEM. CAROL GOT ME READY FOR THE COLO. GROUNDWATER ASSN. MEETING TONIGHT, RUSS DARR CAME BY FOR ME AND TOOK ME TO THE RAMADA INN (6TH AND SIMMS). THE PRESENTATION WAS ON OIL SHALE PROBLEMS. EXTRACTION AND WATER SUPPLY - PRESENTED BY MILLER OF USGS. I HAVE RUSS DARR A CHECK FOR $15.00 FOR MEMBERSHIP.
1982 FEB (CONCLUDED)
2/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID CLEANING, WE MADE OUT OUR INCOME TAX INFORMATION FORM AND I TOOK IT AND THE STATE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX FORMS AND THE ESTIMATED THZ FORMS TO RILEY AND LEFT THEM THERE. WARM, SUNNY DAY. WE GOT A PHONE CALL, BUT THE PHONE WAS HUNG UP.
2/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I PUT TRASH OUT FOR THE “GARBOLOGISTS” MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. MOE CALLED ABOUT THE ADAPTER-HE WILL SEND THE BILL. I WILL TALK TO RADIO SHACK ABOUT IT. JEAN CALLED TO SAY THAT KIRK HAS HIS AUTO LICENSE (SHE SAYS KIRK DOESN’T NEED HER ANYMORE, ONLY THE CAR KEYS.) TRACY GOT ALL AS EXCEPT FOR ONE B. KERRY’S BOYFRIEND CAME IN SO KERRY DID NOT COMPETE IN THE REGIONALS. HE IS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
2/20 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL DAY. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I WORKED ON A LETTER. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
2/21 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE THIS SUNDAY. WE SLEPT LATE. GINGER CALLED TO REMIND ME OF MY WRESTLING PROGRAM. GINGER’S WHOLE FAMILY OUT THERE HAVE BEEN PUTTING “DRYWALL” ON THE BASEMENT. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
2/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, CAROL DID THE WASH, CLEANED THE WORKROOM AND CHANGED OUR BED DOWNSTAIRS. MARJORIE BROUGHT ME A 4 CHANNEL CASSETTE OF MUSIC BY WILLIAMS. I CALLED MR SHRIVER - WE TALKED ABOUT DENTAL WORK.
2/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER (EVELYN) IN THE AM. CAROL TOOK HER SOME POPCORN. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. CAROL
AND I WASHED THE DISHES. CAROL SENT A CHECK TO PUBLIC SERVICE. I TRIED TO SET OWN SOME THOUGHTS ON CHANGES WHICH WILL BE NEEDED IF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATES WATER IS TO BE EFFECTIVE. CLOUDY AND COOLER TODAY.
2/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. CAROL GOT THE ELECTRONIC WATCHES PACKAGED UP TO GO TO MORRIS AND VIRGINIA. I CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE
ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS. COOL, SUNNY DAY. CAROL PUT IN A NEW ZIPPER IN ONE OF MARJORIE’S BLOUSES.
2/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WROTE A LETTER. I MAILED IT TOGETHER WITH ONE OF MINE TO THE WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION. I WALKED TO THE END OF THE BLOCK AND BACK FOR EXERCISE. DAY OVERCAST, COOL. I WORKED ON THE ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS. CAROL WORKED ON GROCERY LIST.
2/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I WENT TO SEE DR MEAD ABOUT REBASING MY TEETH. I WAS AT HIS OFFICE BEFORE 8:30 AM AND WAS BACK HERE ABOUT 10:30 AM. COOL THIS MORNING. 55 [degrees Fahrenheit] AT 5:00 PM. CAROL PUT A BUTTON ON ONE OF
MARJORIE’S FANCY TOWELS. MARJORIE CALLED THIS EVENING TO SAY SHE HAD TALKED WITH GINGER. THEY HAVE BEEN DRY WALLING THEIR BASEMENT AND GINGER IS NOT SURE THEY CAN MAKE IT ON SUNDAY.
2/27 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. PARTLY CLOUDY, COOL. I LETTERED A CARD FOR MR AND MRS WM HOWARD JURNEY, THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY COMES ON MARCH 20 THIS YEAR CARO SCRUBBED OUT THE KITCHEN SINK.
2/28 CAROL AND I SLEPT UNTIL 7:30 AM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY DID NOT COME. THEY WERE EXHAUSTED FROM INSTALLING ‘DRYWALL’.
1982
AT HOME: 3/1-31 3/10 VWWI MEETING
WATCHED SPACE SHIP COLUMBIA LAND ON TV: 3/30 MAR
3/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I TOOK LETTERS TO THE MAILBOX - ONE WAS TO MOE WITH A BIRTHDAY CHECK. I WENT TO RILEY’S TO GET OUR INCOME TAX FORMS. THESE WERE SIGNED AND MAILED TODAY. THEY WERE FOR STATE INCOME TAX. FEDERAL INCOME TAX FOR 1981 AND ESTIMATED TAX FOR 1982. OVERCAST DAY. WE CALLED MOE AND “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” WAS SUNG WITH CAROL AND MARJORIE. CAROL DID THE WASH AND DID MENDING. MARJORIE IRONED. 3/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED AFTER SHE ARRIVED BACK HOME ABOUT 9:45 AM. TEMPERATURE THEN
WAS 51 [degrees Fahrenheit]. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, SUN CAME OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. I WROTE A LETTER TO HOWARD PHILLIPS (SEE HELMS). THIS LETTER AND A MISDIRECTED LETTER TO 1936 S. BROADWAY PUT IN A MAILBOX.
3/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. OVERCAST DAY WITH LIGHT SNOW. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME. I REFILLED THE BIRD FEEDER. CAROL AND I PREPARED CHECKS TO BE TAKEN TO THE BANK. CAROL LOOKED UP A DEVICE TO GET THINGS FROM HIGH SHELVES, FOR EVELYN WHO WISHES TO GET ONE. WE BOTH READ.
3/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK ME TO THE DENTIST (MEAD) IN ENGLEWOOD FOR A NOON APPOINTMENT. CAROL DID TYPING ON A 4 PAGE “GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT WRITEUP FOR ME. WE FINISHED WITH CORRECTS AT SUPPERTIME.
3/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME IN THE MORNING. I TOOK THE SHEETS (4) AND GOT 5 COPIES OF EACH, I TOOK MY QUARTZ WATCH TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET 2 NEW BATTERIES AND THEY SET IT FOR ME. ABOUT SIX INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. I SHOVELLED THE FRONT AND BACK WALKS AND TOOK OUT TRASH. IT WAS PICKED UP ABOUT 9:00 AM. LIGHT SNOW AND OVERCAST IN THE MORNING. SUN CAME OUT ABOUT NOON. DRIED STREETS AND WALKS.
3/6 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I GOT SOME EXTRA SLEEP THIS MORNING. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO DR FEAD FOR ME AND I MAILED IT, TOGETHER WITH LETTERS TO AARP AND NARFE, SOME SUN TODAY. CAROL AND I READ
3/7 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE CAME FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL, CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT ABOUT 3:30 PM AND MARJORIE AT ABOUT 4:00 PM. CAROL DID COOKING AND MARJORIE DID THE DISHES. I HELPED MARGO COMPLETE A WINDMILL FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT. CHASE BROUGHT MY UTAH BLAINE BACK. I HELPED CAROL PEEL POTATOES.
3/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE IRONED AFTER SUPPER. CAROL DID THE WASH IN THE MORNING AND COOKED MEALS. I ORGANIZED AND INDEXED SOME GROUNDWATER MATERIAL. KUIPER RETURNED MY CALL. I WILL SEND HIM A COPY OF MY NOTSE ON ADMINISTRATION OF GROUNDWATER. SUNNY DAY TODAY.
3/9 MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL IRONED IN THE MORNING AND GOT ME READY TO GO TO THE DENTIST FOR A NOON APPOINTMENT. I RETURNED AT 2:45 PM (ACCORDING TO CAROL). ON THE WAY BACK, I STOPPED AT THE “SIR SPEEDY” AND RIDGEWAYS TO ENQUIRE ABOUT REPRODUCTION MACHINES. IN THE EVENING, CAROL AND I SPENT SOME TIME REVISING THE LANGUAGE IN MY “GROUNDWATER ADMINISTRATION” STATEMENT.
MAR (CONTINUED)
3/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE BROUGHT SOME MORE GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME TO SUPPER. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK, MENDED CLOTHES AND FIXED ME A LUNCH. I HAD A DATE WITH THE DENTIST AT 10:30 AM. BEFORE GOING TO THE DENTIST’S OFFICE, I GOT 4 COPIES OF MY “GROUNDWATER ADMINISTRATION” AT THE NEW STATIONERY STORE IN ENGLEWOOD. THE DENTIST COMPLETED WORK ON THE UPPER AND LOWER PLATES AND SENT THEM OUT TO
TECHNICIANS. HE USED SOME WHITE MATERIAL TO FIX UP A SPARE SET OF TEETH FOR ME TO USE UNTIL THE OTHERS COME BACK. I CAUGHT A [UNCLEAR] BUS AND GOT OFF AT THE VFW BLDG. WE ATE A NOON LUNCH AND HADER CONDUCTED THE VWWI BARRACK 3149 MEETING. I WROTE A LETTER TO KUIPER TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF MY NOTES.
3/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I MAILED LETTERS TO CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN AND TO CJ KIJIPER. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND SWEPT THE PORCH. A CALL CAME FROM DR MEAD’S OFFICE TO SAY THAT MY TEETH WERE READY AND FOR ME TO COME IN. THE TEETH WORKED OUT VERY WELL AND I PAID THE $270.00 BILL. IN THE EVENING I TALKED WITH MARGO AND CHASE ON THE PHONE.
3/12 MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR 3 MEALS. IN THE MORNING, BEFORE 9:50, I MAILED LETTERS TO PEARL AND DARR. I WENT BY BUS TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET 5 MORE COPIES OF MY NOTE ADMINISTRATION. I MAILED ONE TO ED HAASE AND ONE TO AMVETS. I WENT UP TO PEARL STREET TO GET A HAIRCUT. I SAW SALES. HE DOES NOT HAVE MY BILL READY YET! CAROL CLEANED THE TWO BEDROOMS. (II CALLED DARR IN THE MORNING AND HE GAVE ME HIS ADDRESS AND THAT OF PEARL. - I CALLED JUST AFTER 8:00 AM) PARTLY CLOUDY, WINDY DAY.
3/13 MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT NOON (SATURDAY). CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME AT ABOUT 12:45. WE ATE ARBY’S THAT MARJORIE BROUGHT TO CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT ABOUT 2:30 AND MARJORIE LEFT AT 3:05. I STUDIED THE TI-59 INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR DATA ON A PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTION. CLEAR DAY. I GOT UP AT ABOUT 5:00 AM TO SEE THE PLANET LINEUP. I SAW VENUS AND MARS. 3/14 CAROL CLEANED THE STOVE, REFRIGERATOR, MICROWAVE OVEN THE SINK AND THE FORMULA WORKING AREA. I READ, WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV AND STUDIED THE TI-59 INSTRUCTION BOOK. SUNNY DAY.
3/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3M GALS. IN THE EVENING, SHE FINISHED ALL OF THE IRONING. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM. I MAILED FIVE LETTERS. A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR JO, ONE FOR KATY FLEUSCHE’S BABY, ONE TO THE WATER BOARD, ONE TO THE CHRISTIAN
APPALACHIAN AND MINE TO THE POLITICAL ACTION COMM. I WORKED ON PROGRAMMING THE TI-59 FOR SOME CROSS-STREAM PROFILE PROBLEM. CALL FROM PAUL DAVIS AT DEL NORTE (DAVIS ENG CO INC) ABOUT GROUNDWATER PROGRAM THE HAVE.
3/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID HOUSE CLEANING. I MADE AN ESTIMATE OF THE RECOVERABLE WATER REMAINING IN THE DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH PERIODS OF SUNSHINE
3/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE HAD A CLASS IN THE EVENING, CAROL LIFTED A STACK OF DISHES AND WHEN THEY SLIPPED, SHE PULLED A MUSCLE OR LIGAMENT IN HER CHEST. SHE PREPARED A CARD FOR MOE’S AND VIRGINIA’S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND I MAILED IT. RICHARD BEAUHEIM TOOK ME TO THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING (RAMADA AT 6TH AND SIMMS). MR FEAST SPOKE ON MEEKER DOME, SALINITY INVESTIGATION. CAROL’S HURTS SEEMED BETTER WHEN I RETURNED. WORKED ON CROSS-STREAM PROFILE PROBLEM.
1982 MAR (CONTINUED)
3/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IS BETTER TODAY. I TOOK A WALK TO THE SOUTH END OF THE BLOCK AND BACK. I WORKED ON THE CROSS-STREAM PROFILE PROBLEM. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH THE SUN BREAKING THROUGH AT INTERVALS. I PLANTED A BUSH IN THE GARDEN FOR CAROL.
3/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL MADE OUT A CHECK AND GROCERY LIST FOR MARJORIE. CAROL AND I CALLED JO ON HER BIRTHDAY. I CALLED RICHARD PEARL AND HANK BASKI ON A POSSIBLE SUBJECT FOR PRESENTATION AT A COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING. MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL IS STILL TROUBLE WITH PAIN FROM THE PULLED MUSCLE. CLIFF JENKINS CALLED. (THE CONVERSATION WAS MOSTLY FLUFF. DAY SUNNY AND WINDY WITH SOME CLOUDS
3/20 CAROL AND I SLEPT UNTIL ABOUT 7:30 AM. I CALLED GINGER TO SAY THAT THE PULLED MUSCLE CAROL SUFFEFERED LAST WEDNESDAY WAS STILL BOTHERING HER AND THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO HER PLACE SUNDAY AS PLANNED. I WORKED ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM.
3/21 MR SHRIVER CAME ABOUT 11:30 AM AND MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 11:45 AM. THEY WENT OUT TO CHARLES AND GINGER’S PLACE FOR SUNDAY DINNER. I WAS AFTER 5:00 PM WHEN THEY RETURNED. KEN SHRIVER LEFT AND MARJORIE DID NOT STAY FOR SUPPER. SOMEONE SIDESWIPED MARJORIE’S CAR LAST NIGHT OR EARLY THIS MORNING. SHE DID NOT SEE IT UNTIL SHE GOT READY TO COME OVER HERE. CAROL SEEMS BETTER TODAY. I SPENT SOME TIME ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM, I MAILED COPIES OF MY “NOTE” TO HENRI BASKI AND RICHARD RAVEY OF THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS. 3/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER AND IRONED. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS TO PUBLIC SERVICE, TELEPHONE CO, AND ARTISTS GUILD
(HANDICAPPED). CAROL CLEANED THE SHOP ROOM. I SPENT THE MORNING ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PRINTS AND A NEW PEN. WHILE THERE, I MAILED THE ABOVE CHECK AT THE POST OFFICE. I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY QUARTZ CRYSTAL WATCH. I BOUGHT 2 NEW BATTERIES AT LOFTUS JEWELRY AND THEY DO NOT WORK ON MONDAY, SO COULD GET NOTHING DONE. RETURNED BY BUS. SUNNY DAY
3/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. I CALLED THE DENTIST FOR AN APPOINTMENT. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR A SHORT VISIT IN THE EVENING. MARGO BROUGHT SOME ROSES. I WORKED ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM AND THE CROSS=STREAM PROFILE PROBLEM.
3/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL SEEMS BETTER TODAY. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR A CHEESE SANDWICH FOR CAROL’S NOON MEAL. IN THE MORNING I WORKED ON THE CROSS-STREAM PROFILE PROBLEM.
3/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CALL FROM KEN SHRIVER, HE WISHED TO LEARN OF CAROL’S PROGRESS. HE WAS TOLD SHE IS GETTING BETTER. CALL CAME-MAN’S VOICE- TALKED OF TROUBLE IN THE LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS. WANTED A LOT OF INFORMATION-I BROKE OFF THE CALL. CAROL SPENT THE DAY QUIETLY. SHE FEELS IMPROVED TODAY.
1982 MAR (CONCLUDED)
3/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. I HELPED CARRY THEM IN. I WROTE A LETTER TO MOE AND VIRGINIA, CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO JO AND FOROTHY. I MAILED THEM TOGETHER WITH A REPLACEMENT COPY OF MY “NOTES” TO DR FEAD. I WORKED WITH THE TI-59. CHARLES AND FAMILY SUPPOSEDLY LEFT FOR THE WEST COAST TODAY. I RAKED THE LAWN OUTSIDE THE MAIN WALK AND CLEANED TRASH OUT OF THE FRONT FLOWER BEDS. 3/27 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. CAROL FEELS BETTER TODAY, BUT IS NOT COMPLETELY WITHOUT PAIN, YET. I TALKED TO PATRICK HURLEY ON THE PHONE. I SENT HIM A COPY OF MY NOTES ON
GROUNDWATER ADMINISTRATION AND ON APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION. I MAILED IT.
3/28 QUIET DAY. WE SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL.
3/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CARL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THERE AND BACK. CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE STAYED AFTER SUPPER AND IRONED.
3/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. PUT PAPERS OUT. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR A DENTIST APPOINTMENT AT 11:30 AM. CAROL IRONED AND SEWED A BUTTON ON MY SWEATER. JEAN CALLED TO LET US KNOW THAT CHARLES AND FAMILY WERE THERE. KERRY, TRACY AND KIRK WERE THERE, ALSO. WE WATCHED THE SPACESHIP COLUMBIA COME DOWN IN THE
MORNING A LITTLE AFTER NINE. CAROL DID THE IRONING.
3/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED FOR A WHILE ON THE EVENING TO SCAN CATALOGUES FOR NEW DRESSES. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I MAILED A LETTER TO ARCHIBALD BARRON SUGGESTING HE COME SEE ME IF HE IS IN DENVER ABOUT MAY. I WORKED ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM.
1982
AT HOME: 4/1-30 4/14 VWWI MEETING
4/21 COLO GW ASSN MEETING APR
4/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I MAILED LETTERS TO JO AND NEW PROCESSING CO. IN THE MORNING AND PROXY CARDS TO THE AAA IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I WORKED ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM. CALL CAME FROM JOHN ROMERO, HE WILL COME OUT NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEMS. DAY WITH SUN AND WIND.
4/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL GOT THE CHECKS READY TO GO TO THE BANK AND FIXED OUT A GROCERY LIST. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR MEAD (DENTIST). HE HAD MY SECOND SET OF REBASED TEETH READY. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN THIS MORNING. CALL CAME FROM KATHY IN THE EVENING. SHE TALKED TO ME CAROL AND MARJORIE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE BOTH WORKING, KATHY IS WORKING SOME 12 HOUR SHIFTS. THEY ARE BOTH WELL, VERY WINDY TODAY. MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. I GAVE DR MEAD A CHECK FOR $135.00 BEFORE I LEFT HIS OFFICE.
4/3 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WORKED ON HER RECORD BOOK. I WALKED TO THE CORNERS AND BACK FOR EXERCISE (2 BLOCKS). I WORKED ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM AND COMPLETE DA CHART SHOWING ACROSS SECTION OF THE BEDS AT 1000, (ft/in) VERTICAL TO 40000. (ft/in) BOTH WAYS
4/4 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE (SUNDAY_. CAROL CLEANED THE FRONT HALLWAY AND WE TOGETHER CLEANED UP MY STUDY ROOM DOWNSTAIRS. WE WILL SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM TONIGHT. A CALL CAME FROM GINGER TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE HOME. AFTER 5 DAYS OF DRIVING THEY’RE GOING TO STAY THERE.
4/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE RAN THE VACUUM CLEANER OVER THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM RUGS. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS FOR AARP AND NARFE AND I TOOK THEM TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILED THEM. I DID SOME WORK ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEMS. LIGHT SNOW WITH WIND LAST NIGHT.
4/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE REST OF THE IRONING AND SOME MENDING. I WROTE LETTERS TO HELMS, NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK, LINUS HAULING INST. AND MAILED THEM. JO CALLED TONIGHT, THEY START FOR IDAHO TOMORROW. I LOOKED UP SOME OF MY CAMERA FOR EQUIPMENT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN USED FOREVER 2 YEARS. CAROL HELPED ME FIND AN IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION BOOK. I WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME SLIDES SOON. A CARD URGING NO WEAKENING AT SEC 14 ($) OF THE TAFT-HARTLEY ACT (ALLOWING STATES TO FORBID FORCED UNION DUES) SENT TO PRESIDENT REAGAN, ALSO.
4/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I AGAIN TRIMMED BACK THE GRAPEVINE (IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF I HAD DONE THIS A MONTH AGO AS THE SAP IS BEGINNING TO RUN. THIS TIME I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET AT AND CLEAN OUT THE DEAD STEMS AGAINST THE WALL OF THE GARAGE. CALL CAME FROM CHARLES IN THE EVENING. HE INVITED US TO GO TO THE ENGLEWOOD METHODIST CHURCH WHERE THEY WILL HAVE REENACTMENT THE LAST UPPER. WE DECLINED AS CAROL IS NOT YET WELL ENOUGH. CAROL AND I BUNDLED UP AND SACKED UP THE GRAPEVINE CLIPPINGS AND CLEANED UP THE AREA UNDER THE GRAPEVINES.
4/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY AND TOOK IT OUT. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST FOR MARJORIE AND FIXED A STEW. MUCH WIND TODAY.
1982 APR (CONTINUED)
4/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD. I LEFT A FILM TO BE DEVELOPED AND BOUGHT A NEW FILM. I WENT TO LOFTUS WHERE THE WATCH-MAKER SAID I HAD A BAD BATTERY IN MY QUARTZ CRYSTAL WATCH. HE REPLACED IT WITHOUT CHARGE. AS I HAD PURCHASED IT THERE, I WENT TO THE BOOKSTORE ON GIRARD TO GET 2 LOUIS LAMOUR BOOKS FOR CHASE AND CAME HOME ON THE BUS. CAROL SENT A LETTER TO THE DAY. RED GRIFFIN CALLED. HE WILL BE HERE MONDAY. WIND IN THE EVENING.
4/10 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE GRAPEVINES OUTSIDE THE BACK FENCES AND SACKED UP THE CLIPPINGS FOR THE TRASHMEN. I CALLED UP CHARLES. HE SAYS NO BONES ARE BROKEN IN HIS FOOT, BUT THE X RAY PRINTS ARE TO BE SENT TO A DOCTOR FOR
ASSESSMENT. CLEAR AND WINDY.
4/11 MARJORIE CAME A LITTLE AFTER 9 AM. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME AT ABOUT 10:30 AM. THEY ATE THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL WITH US AND WE HARD ABOUT THE TRIP TO
CALIFORNIA, CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:15 PM. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. I DID SOME MORE STUDY ON THE RED GRIFFIN PROBLEM. WARM AND WINDY TODAY (EASTER) 4/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE DID SOME IRONING AFTER SUPPER. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. RED GRIFFIN CAME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HIS PROBLEM. WE SPENT THE DAY. HE TOOK ME TO LUNCH AT NOON. I PAID THE TIP. WE GOT A CALL FROM BERNICE HAGLUND THAT BONNIE (WIFE OF BILL’S FRIEND) HAD PASSED AWAY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW. CREMATION WILL BE DONE AND THE ASHES SCATTERED. WE CALLED JEAN AND MOE TO LET THEM KNOW. ELECTRONIC WATCH STOPPED TODAY TO LET THEM KNOW. ELECTRONIC WATCH STOPPED TODAY.
4/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING. CAROL ORDERED FLOWERS AND WE SENT A SYMPATHY CARD TO ALAND HAFLUND. I MAILED IT BEFORE 9:50 AM. I WALKED WITH MY CANE, UP TO PEARL STREET TO GET A HAIRCUT. MR SALES MADE UP TWO SALE’S MADE UP TWO
SALES SLIPS. ONE FOR WORK DONE ON THE CAR AND ONE FOR BATTERY EXCHANGE. I BROUGHT THESE BILLS HOME AND GAVE THEM TO CAROL. EVELYN JOHNSTON CALLED CAROL, SHE WILL GO FOR HAIR FIXING AT 8:00 AM TOMORROW. I WORKED TO GET RID OF AN ACCUMULATION OF LETTERS. I CALLED CHARLES. THE DOCTOR SAYS NOTHING IS BROKEN IN HIS FOOT. HE TOOK THE CAST OFF AND GAVE CHARLES AN “ACE” BANDAGE. TOLD HIM HE SHOULD START WALKING ON IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 4/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND GOT BACK ABOUT 9:30 AM. IT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THE VWWI MEETING WAS A “POTLUCK” AFFAIR, CAROL MADE A MEATLOAF WHEN MARJORIE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE PICKED ME AND WASSENAAR UP AND TOOK US TO THE MEETING. HAGER PRESIDED, THE NEW OFFICERS HAD TO BE INSTALLED. FIRST THE WOMEN THEN THE MEN. ROBERT COMBS WAS THE INSTALLING OFFICER. I AM THE NEW SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. WARM, SUNNY DAY. I PUT OUT THE HOSES AND CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN AND THE GRAPEVINE. CAROL WROTE OUT CHECKS
1982 APR (CONTINUED)
4/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. I USED THE TAMPER TO SMOOTH THE LAWN OUTSIDE THE FRONT WALK AND TO FILL IN THE TRENCHES LEFT BY THE SIDEWALK MEN. IN THE MORNING, I TOOK LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX (TO JO, TWO TO AAA, TO SALES AND A LETTER TO BE RETURNED). MR CLAIR CRAWFORD CALLED TO INVITE ME TO GO TO THE USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON. I WAS WAITING FOR A TELEPHONE CALL, SO DID NOT GO. WASSENAAR CALLED ABOUT PAINTERS RED GRIFFIN CALLED ABOUT HIS PROBLEM. THE DRYWALL WAS MENTIONED. CLOUDY DAY. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY.
4/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I TOOK LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX (MA BELL, MAYS, HOSPITALIZED VETERANS, CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN, LETTERS TO BE RETURNED) CAROL MADE OUT THE GROCERY LIST. CAROL AND I PUT SOME TRASH OUT-IT WAS PICKED UP. CLOUDY DAY. I DID SOME WORK ON MY NOTES. I WROTE A $25.00 CHECK TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. JO CALLED-THEY ARE IN IDAHO.
4/17 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO PUBLIC SERVICE, ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL, I WROTE TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION. I SORTED OUT AND DISPOSED OF LETTERS. WARM, SUNNY DAY. MARJORIE CALLED TO SAY THAT CHARLES AND FAMILY WOULD PROBABLY BE OVER TOMORROW (COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING NIGHT BEAUHEIM DID NOT COME-PROBABLY WILL HEAR FROM HIM LATER (4/21)
4/18 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL.
MARJORIE ARRIVED ABOUT 10:30 AND CHARLES AND FAMILY ABOUT 11:30 AM. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. SHE LEFT AT ABOUT 5:00 PM. DAY, SUNNY AND WINDY. CHARLES FOOT IS BETTER-HE IS DOING SOME WALKING ON IT NOW.
4/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT A WASH AND WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I MAILED LETTERS TO THE MAILBOX BEFORE 9:50 AM. CAROL CLEANED THE SHOP ROOM. I WORKED ON A DRAWING TO BE USED FOR MAKIN A SLIDE. OVERCAST, WINDY DAY, COLD.
4/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. OVERCAST DAY. SNOWED LAST NIGHT AND ALL DAY. WE SENT A BIRTHDAY CARD TO KIRK (WITH A CHECK). I WORKED ON MY RECORDS AND READ. I SENT A CHECK TO THE NRA INSTITUTE.
4/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH ME FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. SHE GOT ME READY AND RICK BEAUHEIM CAME AT 7:00 PM TO TAKE ME OUT TO THE QUALITY INN “AT SPEER AND I-25” FOR A MEETING. GERRYM FRISAC
DESCRIBED DILLING AND RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD EVALUATING THE PERMEABILITY OF ROCKS, SUCH AS GRANITE. CLEAR AND WARMER TODAY, I GOT OUT MY CAMERA FLASH EQUIPMENT TO GET IT READY FOR USE AGAIN. TED HURR SAYS HE LIKES MY NOT ON GROUNDWATER ADMINISTRATION 4/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND COOKED. I WALKED TO THE ASBURY CORNER AND BACK IN THE MORNING.I MADE A CALL TO BILL MOODY AND WILL SEND HIM A COPY OF MY GROUNDWATER ADMINISTRATION NOTES. A CALL CAME FROM HEALY, WHO WORKS FOR BISHOP, ABOUT COMPUTATION OF CHERRY CREEK DEPLETIONS DUE TO A PUMP NEAR PARKER, I STARTED A COMPUTATION OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO BEGIN DRAWING 1/10 OF THE MISSION VIEJO PUMPAGE FROM BEYOND THE MISSION VIEJO BORDERS.
1982 APR (CONCLUDED)
4/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN. I TOOK A WALK TO THE ASBURY END OF THE BLOCK AND BACK. SUNNY, COOL DAY. LETTER TO MOODY WAS PICKED UP BY THE POSTMAN. CAROL AND I READ MOST OF THE DAY.
4/24 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL SCRUBBED THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND MADE A STEW. I WALKED TO THE ASHBURY CORNER THIS MORNING FOR EXERCISE AND TO THE MAILBOX IN THE AFTERNOON TO MAIL A LETTER TO PRESIDENT REAGAN. WINDY TODAY, OVERCAST
4/25 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US THIS SUNDAY. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I WATERED THE GARDENS. CAROL COOKED THE MEALS. MOE CALLED. THEY MAY COME TO SEE US IN LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY. I CALLED CHARLES - ANKLE IMPROVED.
4/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH-I MADE A DETERMINATION OF THE SURFACE AREA OF THE DENVER BASIN. HEALY OF BISHOP, CALLED ABOUT AQUIFER CONSTANT AND MODIFICATIONS TO TAKE CARE OF INCURSIONS. OVERCAST DAY, WITH WIND. SPRINKLES OF RAIN FELL.
4/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING, COOKED MEALS AND BAKED A PIE. I COMPLETED SOME COMPUTATIONS ON THE SURFACE AREA OF THE DENVER BASIN. OVERCAST DAY, SOME RAIN.
4/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED OUT CUPBOARDS, COOKED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I MAILED SEVEN LETTERS. ONE TO JO, ONE TO EVELYN, ONE TO MARY, ONE TO BLINDED VETERANS, TO THE CHRISTAN APPALACHIAN, TO THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN GROUP AND ANOTHER INDIAN GROUP. I WORKED ON A COMPUTATION OF STREAM DEPLETION. MOODY CALLED. 4/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL COOKED CLEANED
CUPBOARDS AND WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. CAROL CLEANED OUT DRAWERS UNDER THE DRAIN BOARD. I COMPLETED THE COMPUTATIONS FOR A CASE OF STREAM DEPLETION DUE TO A WELL. OVERCAST-RAIN.
4/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER AT ABOUT 9:00 AM. CHARLES CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 12:30 PM. CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. MARJORIE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN, MASHED POTATOES WITH GRAVY AND COLESLAW. I PUT SOME ORDER INTO THE CONTENTS OF MY BRIEFCASE. WINDY DAY
1982
AT HOME: 5/1-31 5/12 VWWI MEETING
5/19 COLO GW ASSN MEETING MAY
5/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. AFTERWARD, SHE TOOK ME TO HANNIGAN’S GREENHOUSE AND TO THE “PATCH” WAS UNABLE TO GET NEW SOIL FOR MY GARDEN AREA EITHER PLACE. CAROL COOKED MEALS AND WATERED THE BACK LAWN. I COMPARED SOME INTERPOLATION FORMULAS. LINEAR INTERPOLATION WORKS WELL WITH TABLE 8. SUNNY DAY. TRIED TO GET SOME POINTING UP DONE. NO LUCK.
5/2 MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 11:30 AM. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME AT ABOUT NOON. WE ATE SUNDAY DINNER HERE, CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT ABOUT 1:30 PM. CHASE EXPECTED TO CADDY AT CASTLE PINES BUT THE MAN DID NOT SHOW. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING COOKING.
5/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND CLEANED IN THE SHOP ROOM. SHE TOOK OFF THE ELECTRIC BLANKET, CHANGED THE SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM AND PUT A BLANKET ON. I MOWED THE FRONT LAWN, TOOK OUT TRASH AND DUG WEEDS OUT OF THE GARDEN. CALLED WHEELER ABOUT THE PLANKS. LEFT BEHIND WHEN HE REPLACED THE SIDEWALKS. WHEELER WAS NOT THERE, BUT THE ANSWERING SERVICE PROMISED TO ASK HIM TO CALL BACK.
5/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING. CAROL WROTE A LETTER FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND PAID SOME BILLS. I TOOK THE LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX. THESE WENT TO JO, THE DISABLED VETS, THE SALVATION ARMY, TO NARFE, TO AARP AND TO PARK FLORAL. I SPADED UP THE EAST ⅓’ OF THE GARDEN AFTER PUTTING BONE MEAL ON IT. I FILLED IN SOME OF THE TRENCHES ALONG THE WALK LEFT BY THE SIDEWALK CONTRACTOR, WHEELER
5/5 SNOW TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. SHE COOKED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I APPLIED BONE MEAL TO THE WEST AND MIDDLE THIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND SPADED THEM. I ALSO APPLIED BONE MEAL TO THE TWO
FLOWER BEDS AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE - SPADED THEM UP LIKEWISE TO THE FLOWER BED SOUTH OF THE PORCH. I SPADED UP A FLOWER BED NEAR THE ASHPIT.
5/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL FINISHED CLEANED
CUPBOARDS, PREPARED MEALS AND BAKED A PIE. I WORKED ON A REVIEW FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. MADE CALL TO JERIS DANIELSON TO ADVISE OF THE AUDUBON ARTICLE ON THE
ARKANSAS RIVER. DAN SUNADA CALLED ABOUT MAKING COPIES OF MY MATHEMATICAL DERIVATIONS PERTAINING TO GROUNDWATER RECHARGE. THEY WILL MAKE COPIES AND SEND THE FIVE.
5/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES. SHE ALSO BROUGHT TOMATOES FOR METO PLANT AND SOME SWEET CORN SEED, CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN. I USED THE
STOMPER ON THE BACK LAWN TO SMOOTH OUT TRENCHES LEFT BY THE SIDEWALK MAN. I WORKED ON A REVIEW REQUESTED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ON THE WATER LENS NEAR SEA
COASTS.
5/8 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WATERED FRONT LAWN. I PUT SPHAGNUM MOSS IN THE FLOWER BED NEAR THE ASHPIT AND PLANTED COSMOS IN IT. CAROL RAN THE VACUUM SWEEPER OVER THE FLOORS AND DUSTED. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR 2 HAMBURGERS FOR CAROL. IN THE AFTERNOON, I PUT MOSS IN THE FLOWER BED SOUTH OF THE PORCH BUT THE WIND WAS BLOWING SO HARD I HAD TO QUIT. I CONTINUED ON THE REVIEW FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.
1982 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/9 MOTHER’S DAY. CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM. CHARLES, GINGER AND CHASE CAME ABOUT 11:30. MARGO HAD STAYED THE NIGHT WITH ONE OF HER GIRLFRIENDS AND THEY PLANNED TO GO TO CHURCH TOGETHER, SO MARGO WAS NOT WITH US. DAY WAS OVERCAST AND WINDY, WITH THE SUN COMING OUT ABOUT SUNSET. WIND FROM THE SOUTH. CALL TO CAROL CAME FROM MOE. FLOWERS CAME TO CAROL FROM JEAN AND FAMILY AND FROM CHARLES, GINGER AND FAMILY. CARDS FROM: MORRIS AND VIRGINIA, JEAN AND FAMILY, MARJORIE, CHARLES AND FAMILY ALSO FROM KATHY AND BILL (HUSBAND)
5/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH, CLEANED THE SHOP ROOM, WATERED THE BACK LAWN AND DID HOUSEWORK. SHE TYPED THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REIVEW FOR ME. I TOOK IT OVER TO THE MAILOBX. I PUT PEAT MOSS ON THE TWO FRONT FLOWER BEDS AND RAKED IT IN. I READJUSTED THE LAWN MOWER BLADES, MOWED NORTH OF THE HOUSE AND MOWED THE BACK LAWN. I CALLED HART’S LOCAL OFFICE TO SUGGEST THAT ENLGAND MIGHT SELL THE FALKLAND ISLAND TO ARGENTINA FOR A PRICE THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER THAT FIGHTING A WAR. WARM, SUNNY DAY. I PAID MARJORIE HALF OF THE PRICE OF THE DISH GIVEN TO CAROL ON MOTHER’S DAY
5/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND DID THE MENDING. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I WORKED ON SOME GROUNDWATER COMPUTATIONS.
5/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. IT RAINED ALL DAY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL FIXED ME UP A LUNCH AND I WENT TO BARRACK 3149 MEETING (VWWI). CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. MY TI-55 BROKE DOWN AGAIN, FOR THE FOURTH TIME. WE CALLED JEAN AND TALKED TO KERRY AND KIRK, ALSO.
5/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. MARJORIE ALSO CAME AT 10:05 AM TO TAKE CAROL TO SEE DR SCHOR. HE SAYS SHE HAS A BEGINNING OF A CATARACT IN THE RIGHT EYE. I WORKED TO SHAPE THE LAWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MAIN WALK. SOUTH OF THE WALK GOING FROM OUR HOUSE TO THE STREET. I PLANTED CLOVER SEED. I WORKED ON A COMPUTATION OF THE DEPLETION OF THE SOUTH PLATTE BY A WELL. WE CALLED JEAN TO THANK HER FOR THE FLOWERS, WE TALKED TO JEAN, KERRY AND KIRK. (TRACY WAS NOT THERE) RAIN ALL DAY. I COLLECTED RAINWATER FOR CAROL’S STREAM IRON. SOME SMALL HAILSTONES.
5/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS TODAY. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME IN THE EVENING. CAROL HAD MADE OUT GROCERY LIST AND A CHECK FOR MARJORIE TO GET THE GROCERIES. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE STORAGE SPACE UNDER THE WINDOWS ALONG THE EAST END OF THE KITCHEN. I WORKED ON THE LAWN IN THE BACKYARD IN THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON, I MADE SOME COMPUTATIONS ON RIVER DEPLETION BY A WELL. RAIN ALL DAY.
5/15 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH. I TOOK THE MATS
AROUND TO THE GARAGE. I WORKED ON COMPUTATIONS ON THE RIVER DEPLETION PROBLEM. RAIN IN THE EVENING
1982 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/16 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL DAY SUNDAY. CAROL FINISHED CLEANING CUPBOARDS. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV IN THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON I COMPLETED SOME
COMPUTATIONS. CALLS CAME FROM BOTH GINGER AND MARJORIE IN THE MORNING. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
5/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE HAD BOUGHT GROCERIES YESTERDAY AND SHE BROUGHT THEM WITH HER WHEN SHE CAME FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED IN THE SHOPROOM. CAROL WROTE LETTERS - SHE PUT THEM AND A LETTER TO KIRK FROM ME, ON THE BOX FOR THE POSTMAN TO TAKE. I WORKED ON COMPUTATIONS FOR THE DEPLETION OF A RIVER BY A WELL. THESE COMPUTATIONS WERE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETED TODAY. SOME WRITE=UP WORK AND MAKING OF DRAWINGS REMAINS. LIGHT RAIN TODAY. JACQUE CAME OVER TO SAY THE CHIMNEY SWIFTS WERE BACK.
5/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND SOME CLEANING.I MAILED LETTERS TO MAYS PARALYZED VETS, MA BELL, WATER BOARD AND ANN ADAMS. I FINISHED A WRITE UP OF THE RESULTS OF THE COMPUTATIONS MADE RECENTLY ON THE DEPLETION OF A STREAM BY A WELL. NEWS BOY DELIVERED ANOTHER COPY OF YESTERDAY’S PAPER. WE HAVE A FOOD NEWS BOY AND DO NOT THINK IT WAS HIS FAULT.
5/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID SOME MORE CLEANING AND WROTE LETTERS TO JO AND PUBLIC SERVICE CO. SHE PUT THEM ON OUR MAILBOX FOR THE POSTMAN TO [UNCLEAR]. I SPENT THE DAY WORKING ON AN EXAMPLE OF STREAM DEPLETION DUE TO DISTRIBUTED WELLS. MR BEAUHEIM CAME FOR ME AT ABOUT 7:00 PM AND WE WENT TO THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING AT I-25 AND SPEAR BOULEVARD. I GOT BACK ABOUT 9:30 PM. WE LEARNED ABOUT WELL TESTING DIFFICULTIES.
5/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL STARTED CLEANING OUT THE METAL CABINET IN THE BACK ENTRY. I CONTINUED THE COMPUTATIONS ON DEPLETIONS DUE TO DISTRIBUTED WELLS. 5/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. MARJORIE CAME BY ABOUT 4:30 PM TO TAKE CAROL TO DR SCHOR’S OFFICE TO PICK UP HER NEW GLASSES. I GOT OUT THE LAWN MOWER AND CUT THE FRONT LAWN.
5/22 MARJORIE BROUGHT “ARBY’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE, LATER, TOOK CHARLES AND GINGER TO THE AIRPORT. THEY WILL GO TO NEW ORLEANS TO ATTEND AN ACCOUNTANTS CONVENTION.
MARJORIE WILL STAY OUT AT “THE RANCH” UNTIL THEY RETURN. THEY LEFT ABOUT 9:00 AM. CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN AND FINISHED CLEANING OUT THE METAL CABINET IN THE BACK ENTRY. I WORKED ON A CHECK COMPUTATION AND THE TI=59 PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED. NO RAIN ON THIS DAY.
5/23 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US THIS SUNDAY. SHE CALLED TO SAY THAT ALL WAS OK AT THE “RANCH”. CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN AND THE GRAPEVINES. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON THE TELEVISION. POOR EXHIBITIONS TODAY.
1982 MAY (CONCLUDED)
5/24 MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY. SHE ATE THE NOON MEAL WITH US. SHE IS HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AT THE GREEN RANCH WHILE CHARLES AND GINGER ATTEND A MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONED. I MADE PROGRESS ON THE STREAM DEPLETION PROBLEM. MORE RAIN TODAY. 5/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US ONLY AROUND 3:00 PM WHEN SHE CAME BY TO PICK UP SOME
CLOTHES. CAROL IRONED. CAROL TOOK DOWN THE CURTAINS IN THE BACK BEDROOM, WASHED THEM AND DUSTED THE WALLS DOWN. I CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE STREAM DEPLETION PROBLEM. RAIN. 5/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED CURTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. I FINISHED THE COMPUTATIONS FOR THE DISTRIBUTED PUMPING CASE AND WORKED ON A GRAPH TO SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE
COMPUTATIONS. CHARLES AND GINGER CAME ABOUT 7:40 AND LEFT WITH A LOAF OF BREAD
MARJORIE SAID THEY NEEDED. MARJORIE WAS AT CHARLES’ PLACE, KEEPING IT GOING WHILE CHARLES AND GINGER WERE GONE. BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY.
5/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WASHED WINDOWS IN THE BACK BEDROOM AND WE CHANGED THE STORM WINDOWS TO SCREENS. I WORKED ON THE
DISTRIBUTED PUMPING GRAPHS. SUNNY DAY.
5/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. WE GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASH HAULERS. WE TOOK OUT THE GLASS STORM WINDOWS. CAROL WASHED THEM AND THE SCREENS, AND I REPLACED THEM LEAVING THE SCREENS DOWN. WE REPLACED THE CURTAINS THAT CAROL HAD WASHED. CAROL RAN THE VACUUM SWEEPER IN THE BACK BEDROOM. RAIN DURING NIGHT
5/29 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. SHE CALLED TO TELL US THAT CHASE BROKE HIS THUMB IN A FIST FIGHT. CAROL WASHED THE FRONT PORCH AND THE BIG WINDOW. WE REPLACED THE GLASS PANES IN THE FRONT AND BACK STORM DOORS WITH SCREENS. CAROL AND I PLANTED FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN. I FIXED UP A SOIL SAMPLE TO SEND TO FORT COLLINS. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE TOLD ME BY PHONE, THAT A MAN WOULD SEE ME ABOUT GROUNDWATER
5/30 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING IN PREPARATIONS. CHARLES AND I HELPED CHASE WITH A FANCY MIRROR FRAME HE IS MAKING. MARGO PLAYED THE PIANO. CHARLES TOOK THE LUMBER LEFT BY THE SIDEWALK MEN. COLD, OVERCAST, RAINING.
5/31 HOLIDAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. SHE DID IRONING. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED UP THE SHOP ROOM. SHE DUSTED AND VACUUM-CLEANED THE BACK BEDROOM. SMITH AND A RED-HAIRED WORKER FROM “OLIVER TWIST” CAME TO POINT UP THE BRICKS ON THE LOWER PART OF THE HOUSE AND GARAGE. THEY CAME AT 4:00 AND LEFT AT 7:30 PM. I BOUND UP THE
COMPUTATIONS AND CHARTS FOR SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY PUMP DEPLETION CASES. THREATENING WEATHER IN THE MORNING, TO CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON.
1982
AT HOME: 6/1-30 6/9 VWWI MEETING
MORRIS, VIRGINIA AND MARK VISIT 6/25-7/1 JUN
6/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL FINISHED UP THE IRONING AND DID MENDING FOR ME. ALSO, CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP THE CHEST OF DRAWERS IN MY STUDY ROOM. SHE MADE OUT CHECKS FOR THE IRS AND REAL ESTATE TAXES. I TOOK THEM OVER TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILE THEM. CAROL TOOK THE PAPERS OUT IN THE MORNING. NO ONE PICKED THEM UP SO I PUT THEM IN THE GARAGE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. WE TOOK OUT FADED FLOWERS, RICHARD SMITH AND THE RED-HAIRED MAN FROM “OLIVER TWIST” CAME AT 9:50 AM AND WORKED UNTIL 10:20 AM WASHING DOWN WALLS. THE ½ HOUR THEY WORKED TODAY ADDED TO THE 3 1.2 HOURS OF YESTERDAY. TOTALS 8 MAN HOURS. I MADE THEM OUT A CHECK FOR $250.00
6/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL ALSO WASHED DOWN THE GARAGE RAMP TO GET RID OF ANT HILLS AND DEBRIS LEFT BY THE “OLIVER TWIST” OPERATIONS. I FIXED THE LAWN MOWER, USED GRINDING COMPOUND TO LOWER SOME HIGH SPOTS ON THE REEL AND ADJUSTED THE BLADES CLOSER TO THE CUTTER BAR. BILL LEWIS DROPPED IN ABOUT 1:30 PM AND LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. MARJORIE MAILED THE SOIL SAMPLE AND A GRADUATION PRESENT TO WESLEY BRAUDAWAY. CAROL SENT A CARD TO HIM AND A LETTER TO JO. RAIN THIS EVENING. MADE ESTIMATE OF AREA OF TOP OF LARAMIE - FOX HILLS AQUIFER. 6/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. WE TOOK DOWN THE CURTAINS IN THE MIDDLE
BEDROOM AND CAROL WASHED THEM. WE TOOK OUT THE STORM WINDOWS AND SCREEN IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. WE WASHED THEM AND THE HOUSE WINDOWS AND REPLACED THE STORM WINDOWS IN THE TOP AND LEFT THE SCREEN DOWN. CAROL AND I MOVED DOWN TO THE BASEMENT STUDY ROOM, SO WE COULD GET THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS READY FOR COMPANY. I WORKED ON MY RECORDS.
6/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT THINGS READY FOR THE TRASHMEN. THEY DIDN’T COME. CAROL WENT OVER, THE FURNITURE AND RUGS IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. I WROTE A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUGGESTING THAT RENTINA BE ASKED TO BUY THE BRITISH OUT OF THE FALKLANDS. I MADE SOME COMPUTATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUIFER WHEN THEY GET THE PRESSURE LOW ENOUGH TO AERATE THE TOP OF THE LARAMIE.
6/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT “ARBY’S” FOR CAROL AND HERSELF. CAROL FIXED SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME. CAROL AND I TOOK THE WEST BEDROOM STORM WINDOWS OUT. SHE WASHED THEM, I PUT THEM BACK, LEAVING THE SCREEN DOWN. CAROL WASHED THE CURTAINS, WE PUT THEM BACK. CAROL DUSTED DOWN THE WALLS. WE HAD ANT TROUBLE IN THE MORNING. I CUT THE FRONT LAWN IN THE MORNING AND PLANTED THE EAST SECTION OF RADISHES, CORN AND SUMMER SQUASH. WARM SUNNY DAY. POTATOES PLANTED IN WEST PLOT, ALB MERRITT
(MEMBER OF THE FORMER SCOUT TROOP) DROPPED IN IN THE AFTERNOON. HE WAS HERE TO ATTEND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS 1932 GRADUATING CLASS
6/6 CAROL AND I ALONE THIS SUNDAY-MARJORIE AND MARGO CALLED CAROL AND I SLEPT TO 7:40. MORE ANT TROUBLE. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO KERRY WITH A CHECK FOR GRADUATION, TO VIRGINIA WITH A BIRTHDAY CHECK, TO NARFE, AARP AND GE WITH A CHECK FOR INSURANCE ON WASHER, PLUS TWO OTHERS, CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I READ AND RESTED. SAW CHIMNEY SWIFTS THREE TIMES TODAY. SAW Q GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY-8:30 PM
1982 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND FOUGHT ANTS. I CUT THE BACK LAWN THIS MORNING IN THE AFTERNOON I PLANTED THE WEST PLOT, 2 ROWS OF SWEET CORN, 1 ROW OF PARSNIPS AND 1 ROW OF TURNIPS. TWO ROWS OF POTATOES WERE PLANTED IN THE WEST PLOT LAST SATURDAY. I SHARPENED THE CLIPPERS AND ADJUSTED THE LAWN MOWER. I PUT A LITTLE “GREEN IT” FERTILIZER UNDER THE GRAPEVINE (THE SWEET CORN MARJORIE FOUND WAS PLANTED IN THIS PLOT. I PUT SPHAGNUM MOSS AND SUPER-PHOSPHATE ON THE WEST PLOT AFTER SPADING IT UP. I TOOK SEVEN LETTERS TO THE MAILBOX.
6/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL AND I WASHED THE SOUTH WINDOWS AND STORM WINDOWS IN THE DINING AND LIVING ROOMS. MARGO CALLED TO SAY SHE IS GOING TO A WEDDING IN MINNESOTA. SHE IS GOING WITH THE HINDS FAMILY, WHO THE GREEN FAMILY KNOWS WELL. LAURA HINDS IS GETTING MARRIED. SHE LEFT THIS MORNING. SHE SAYS THAT CHASE’S HAIR IS GROWING OUT IN THE SPOT PULLED OUT IN THE FIGHT. CAROL AND I WATERED THE GARDEN AND GRAPES-CAROL DID ALL THE IRONING.
6/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL PUT ME UP A LUNCH AND I WENT TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN IN HER CAR AND WE PICKED UP MR WASSENAAR ON THE WAY. MARJORIE HAD THE AFTERNOON OFF AND TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER ABOUT 1:00 PM. THEY STOPPED BY THE VFW HALL TO PICK UP WASSENAAR AND ME ON THE WAY BACK. I PUT ANOTHER DRESSING OF SPHAGNUM MOSS ON THE SOUTH AND FRONT FLOWER BEDS.
6/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WASHED THE DINING ROOM WINDOWS AND STORM WINDOWS AND PUT THEM BACK WITH THE SCREENS DOWN. CAROL WASHED THE DINING ROOM CURTAINS AND DRAPES. CAROL WIPED DOWN THE WALLS AND BASEBOARDS IN THE DINING ROOM AND LIVING ROOM. I CONVERTED THE 3 SPRINKLER UNIT IN THE BACKYARD TO A 4 SPRINKLER UNIT.
6/11 VIRGINIA’S BIRTHDAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL PRESSED THE DRAPES FOR THE DOOR BETWEEN THE DINING AND LIVING ROOMS AND FOR THE FRONT DOOR. WE PUT THEM UP. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. THE BACK HOSE PULLED OFF THE FAUCET
SO I FIXED IT. I REARRANGED THE HOSES IN THE 4 SPRINKLER ASSEMBLY USED IN THE BACK. CAROL FOUGHT ANTS AGAIN SHE WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND PUT IT ON THE MAILBOX FOR THE POSTMAN TO TAKE. WE GOT A PACKAGE FROM JEAN AND FAMILY WITH A SHIRT FOR ME AND A NIGHTGOWN FOR CAROL. CAROL GOT A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM JO AND ONE FROM ME. I WENT TO KROONENBURGS FOR HOSE COUPLINGS, BUT CAME BACK WITH TWO 5/16” DOWELS. ANOTHER “HANG-UP” CALL.
6/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES AND SOME “ARBY’S” SHE TOOK ME TO THE GREENHOUSE TO GET PETUNIA SETS, SEEDS AND PANSIES. ALSO, TO THE
HARDWARE STORE TO GET HOSE FITTINGS AND TO THE GROCERY STORE TO GET PEPPER AND BANANA MIX FOR A DRINK, IN THE AFTERNOON I PLANTED PETUNIAS AND HELPED CAROL REPLACE STORM WINDOWS LEAVING THE SCREEN DOWN. I TOOK THE KITCHEN CURTAINS DOWN SO CAROL COULD WASH THEM. WE TALKED TO VIRGINIA TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
1982 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/13 CAROL’S BIRTHDAY. CALLS CAME FROM DOROTHY, JO, JEAN AND FAMILY, MOE, VIRGINIA AND KATHY. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER AND CHASE CAME AND ATE SUNDAY DINNER WITH US. (WE HAD TURKEY, POTATOES AND GRAVY, CAULIFLOWER, PEAS, DINNER ROLLS, HAM, HORSERADISH, PLUMS AND BIRTHDAY CAKE) BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, WARM DAY. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT 2:00 PM OR 2:30 PM. MARJORIE LEFT AT ABOUT 5:10 PM. CHASE’S HAIR IS GROWING BACK WHERE IT WAS PULLED OUT DURING THE FIGHT. CHASE AND I WORE GOLD COLORED TIES-MARJORIE TOOK PICTURES. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING COOKING AND FIGHTING ANTS. KERRY MADE STRAIGHT A’S AND MADE A 4. AVERAGE. MARGO DID THE SAME AND GOT SOME AWARDS.
6/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. CAROL FOUGHT ANTS AGAIN TODAY. CAROL PPUT OUT THE WASH AND WATERED THE LAWN. SHE MENDED AND IRONED THE KITCHEN CURTAINS AND PUT THEM BACK UP. I PLANTED THE PANSIES I BOUGHT AT
HANNIGAN’S GREENHOUSE. I WATERED THE FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDENS AND THE AREA UNDER THE GRAPEVINES. WE CALLED AND TALKED WITH MARGO. SHE IS BACK HOME. UNSETTLED WEATHER TODAY. COUDY, WINDY AND A FEW SPRINKLES OF RAIN.
6/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING, CLEANED AND DUSTED IN THE LIVING ROOM, DID CLEANING IN THE KITCHEN AND DID MENDING. CLOUDY DAY, RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. I WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAILBOX. I DID SOME COMPUTING ON THE DENVER BASIN PROBLEM.
6/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHARLES BROUGHT MARGO IN THE MORNING TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND TOOK MARGO WITH HER. ON THE WAY BACK, THEY STOPPED FOR “ARBY’S”. IN THE AFTERNOON MARGO AND I CUT AND
TRIMMED THE LAWN. SHE MOWED THE LAWN AND I HELPED HER TRIM. GINGER CAME FOR MARGO ABOUT 5:30 PM, THEY TOOK THE GRASS CLIPPING FOR THE HORSE. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT WITH BEAUHEIM TO THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING. FOUR SPEAKERS TALKED
ABOUT GROUNDWATER LAW, I COMMENTED ON NATURAL AND HUMAN LAW AND POINTED OUT THAT THE LAWYER’S JOB SHEET REQUIRES NO COMPETENCE IN THE SUPERIOR NATURAL LAW, THAT THE BIBLE URGES THE UNWISDOM OF SETTING THE BLIND TO LEAD THE BLIND. WE HAVE DONE THEM ONE BETTER AND SET THE BLIND TO LEAD THOSE WITH SIGHT. CAROL BATTLED ANTS AGAIN TODAY.
6/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL ONLY. CAROL FOUGHT ANTS, CAROL CLEANED THE BACK ENTRY AND SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH. SHE ALSO WATERED THE FRONT AND BACK LAWNS AND FLOWER BEDS. I WATERED THE GRAPEVINES AND THE GARDEN. I SPENT MOST OF THE MORNING DOING TRIMMING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE YESTERDAY. IT RAINED IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTER THE RAIN, CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE GRASS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND WE PULLED GRASS FROM UNDER THE GRAPEVINES AFTER SUPPER. WE WROTE OUT CHECKS FOR BILL AND FOR BIRTHDAYS. I WROTE A $10.00 CHECK FOR CSU FOR THE SOIL TEST. I APPLIED ADDITIONAL NITROGEN TO THE GARDEN AS RECOMMENDED. (ABOUT 1.0 LB ON 120 FT[squared])
1982 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WITH HER WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL HELPED ME GET THE TRASH READY FOR THE “GARBOLOGISTS” IN THE BASEMENT, I PUT THE PLASTICS UP AND CAROL CLEANED OUT THE WINDOWS. SHE SET KIM’S ROOM AND THE SHOP ROOM IN ORDER. SHE WASHED THE BACK DOOR CURTAINS, IRONED THEM AND PUT THEM BACK UP AND RAN THE SMALL VACUUM SWEEPER OVER THE FRONT AND BACK STAIR CARPETS. CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS ALL DAY. I HELPED CAROL WHEN I COULD. I MAILED LETTER TO CSU, MARY, PFLEGHAAR, TRACY GLOVER, KATHY BIGELOW, PUBLIC SERVICE AND WARDS.
6/19 CAROL AND I SLEPT UNTIL ABOUT 7:00 AM. CAROL RAN THE VACUUM SWEEPER OVER THE LIVING AND DINING ROOM RUGS, AFTER WHICH I SHAMPOOED THEM. WHEN THE RUGS GOT DRY, CAROL MOVED THE FURNITURE BACK. CAROL WROTE TO JO AND MAILED A CHECK TO MOUNTAIN BELL, I WENT OVER TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET A CHEESE SANDWICH FOR CAROL’S NOON MEAL. I PUT LIME ON THE GARDEN AND TRIMMED AND TRIMMED DEAD BRANCHES OFF OF THE HONEYSUCKLE VINE. I ALSO REMOVED GRAPEVINE BRANCHES THAT OVERHAND WALK.
6/20 FATHER’S DAY CARDS CAME FROM MARJORIE, GINGER AND KATHY. EARLIER I RECEIVED A CARD FROM JEAN AND FAMILY. CAROL PUT IN A DAY OF COOKING AND WASHING DISHES. MARJORIE HELPED CHARLES, GINGER AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CHASE IS AT CAMP, CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM AND MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM. I RAKED THE LIME
APPLICATION INTO THE GARDEN SOIL. I PLANTED A LINE OF PARSNIPS IN THE WEST PLOT AND SOME CORN IN THE EAST PLOT. SUNNY.
6/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US. MARGO WAS NOT FEELING WELL. CAROL ALSO CLEANED THE BATHROOM AND SCRUBBED THE KITCHEN FLOOR. MARJORIE DID ALL THE IRONING. CAROL FOUGHT ANTS. CHARLES
CAME FOR MARGO ABOUT 5:00 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 7:00 PM. WARM, SUNNY DAY. MARGO AND I PLANTED FLOWER AND PARSNIP SEEDS IN THE GARDEN.
6/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER ONLY. MOE CALLED FROM A HOSPITAL IN LINDSBORG, KANSAS. HE FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND CRACKED SOME RIBS. A LATER CALL BY MARJORIE INDICATES THEY WILL BE HERE TOMORROW OR THURSDAY. CAROL AND I TOOK IT EASY. WARM, SUNNY DAY. LIGHT SHOWER ABOUT SUPPERTIME. ONE SWIFT SEEN AT 8:25 PM.
6/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK THE WEEK TO ENJOY MOE’S VISIT. NOW MOE IS IN THE LINDSBORG HOSPITAL. WE TALKED WITH VIRGINIA AND MOE - THEY PLAN TO COME TO DENVER STARTING FRIDAY MORNING. MARK TOOK MOE FOR A RIDE IN THE CAR TODAY. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. THEN IT RAINED, MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PLACE ON E. HAMPDEN. I UNDERSTOOD THEY WOULD EXCHANGE MY TI-55 FOR A NEW TI-55-S, BUT THEY SAID NO. SO WE CAME BACK HOME.
6/24 RAIN LAST NIGHT. MARJORIE CALLED TO SAY THAT HER DOCTOR THINKS SHE HAS GALLSTONES. THEY WILL TAKE X RAYS TOMORROW. CAROL CHANGED THE BEDSPREAD ON THE BED IN KIM’S ROOM. CAROL SWEPT OFF THE FRONT PORCH AND HELPED PLANT THE ROSE BUSH CHARLES AND FAMILY GAVE ME FOR FATHER’S DAY. I DUG WEEDS OUT OF THE GARDEN. CAROL FOUGHT ANTS AGAIN TODAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. SECOND HARD SHOWER WITH LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. BOTH SHOWERS PRODUCED SMALL HAILSTONES.
1982 JUN (CONCLUDED)
6/25 OUR 57TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. CHARLES BROUGHT MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. MARJORIE TOOK MARGO TO MARGO’S DOCTOR FOR AN APPOINTMENT CONCERNED WITH MARGO’S EAR INFECTION. THEY MET GINGER AND MARGO WENT WITH GINGER, CHARLES TOOK MY PICNIC TABLE. IN THE MORNING MARJORIE HAD TESTS TO FIND THE CAUSE OF HER RECENT
TROUBLES. VIRGINIA, MORRIS AND MARK CAME ABOUT 5:30 PM. WESLEY BRAUDAWAY AND SOPHIA WEAVER CAME ABOUT 6:00 PM. THEY ALL ATE SUPPER HERE. WESLEY AND SOPHIA LEFT AT ABOUT 10:00 PM TO GO TO LOVELAND TO WESLEY’S GRANDMOTHER’S PLACE. WESLEY HAS RECENTLY GRADUATED “MAGNA CUM LAUDE” IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. CAROL SPENT THE DAY COOKING-I HELPED.
6/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. DOCTORS SUSPECTED THAT SHE HAD GALLSTONES, BUT TESTS AND X-RAYS INDICATED THAT HER RECENT TROUBLES WERE NOT FROM SUCH A SOURCE. AN INTESTINAL INFECTION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. MARJORIE, MOE AND MARK SET OUT TO GO TO A PICTURE SHOW. THEY CAME BACK A LITTLE LATER SAYING THAT LINE TO TICKET WINDOW WAS TOO LONG. MOE, VIRGINIA AND MARK WERE WITH US ALL DAY.
6/27 MOE, VIRGINIA AND MARK WENT TO CHURCH IN THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL WENT WITH VIRGINIA AND MARK WHILE MOE, MARJORIE AND I WENT IN MARJORIE’S CAR TO CHARLES
PLACE IN W. SEDALIA. MARK DROVE MOE’S CAR. WE HAD A GOOD MEAL OF CHICKEN, RABBIT, WIENERS, HAMBURGERS, SALADS, BAKED BEANS, BUNS, ROLLS, COFFEE, TEA, ICE CREAM TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS. I PLAYED BADMINTON BUT I WAS A LITTLE SLOW TO WIN MUCH. WE ARRIVED BACK HOME ABOUT 6:30 PM AND HAD SUPPER HERE.
6/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND SPENT TIME COOKING. MORRIS STAYED WITH US WHILE VIRGINIA AND MARK TOOK A TRIP INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY CAR. MARJORIE, MORRIS (MOE) AND I WENT TO POGUE’S ENGINEERING STORE WHERE MORRIS BOUGHT A TRIANGLE FOR A GIFT. CAROL, VIRGINIA AND I SAW 4 SWIFTS COME TO THE CHIMNEY AROUND SUNSET (OFFICIALLY 8:32 PM)
6/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MORRIS AND VIRGINIA BOUGHT “ARBY’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. THEY ALSO BOUGHT CAROL A “SILVER TONE” DRY PAN. I WATERED HE LAWN. CAROL IRONED. MARJORIE TOOK VIRGINIA AND MARK DOWNTOWN IN THE EVENING TO SEE THE 16TH STREET MALL. PARSON HAMLYN CAME BY. MOE WENT WITH HIM WHILE HAMLYN GOT SOMETHING TO EAT FOR SUPPER. FOUR SWIFTS WERE SEEN TO GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY AT VARIOUS TIMES TODAY. I WATERED FLOWER BEDS, GARDEN AND GRAPEVINES. MOE BOUGHT NEW PARTS AND FIXED THE CHUCK CYLINDER AND LATCH ON BACK SCREEN DOOR.
6/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MORRIS, VIRGINIA AND MARK WENT TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO SEE THE PHIL BRIGHTS. THEY GOT BACK AROUND 5:00 PM. CAROL IRONED AND PREPARED SUPPER. AFTER SUPPER, MARJORIE, MOE, VIRGINIA AND MARK WENT TO SEE A PICTURE SHOW ABOUT “POLTERGEISTS” (MISCHIEVOUS GHOST). I DID SOME READING ABOUT CONTACT PRESSURES AND DEFORMATION LOVE’S THEORY OF ELASTICITY. SAW ONE SWIFT.
1982
AT HOME: 7/1-31 7/10 COLUMBIA LANDED
MORRIS, VIRGINIA AND MARK LEAVE: 7/1 7/14 VWWI MEETING JUL
7/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MORRIS (MOE), VIRGINIA AND MARK LEFT FOR THEIR RETURN TRIP AT ABOUT 9:00 THIS MORNING. CAROL AND I RESTED TODAY. THE COCAGNE BOYS AND I SAW 3 SWIFTS COME IN. CAROL AND I CALLED KEN SHRIVER TO WISH HIM A “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” 7/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE
“GARBOLOGISTS”. SHE AND I WATERED THE LAWN. WARN, SUNNY DAY. I FIXED THE LATCH ON THE FRONT SCREEN DOOR AND MADE SOME REPAIRS ON MY “PUSH-POLE” I USE TO ADJUST THE POSITIONS OF MY SPRAYS WITHOUT GETTING WET, CLIFF JENKINS CALLED.
7/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND BROUGHT GROCERIES, A POT ON THE STOVE BOILED OVER. IT TOOK CAROL ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET THINGS CLEANED UP AGAIN. I TRIMMED THE HONEYSUCKLE BUSH AND GRAPEVINES. I SPENT ABOUT 2 HRS IN THE AFTERNOON CHECKING GINGER’S
